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E. J. BEGGS.

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FININGS FROM FISH SOUNDS AND ISINGLASS.

Patented Nov.v 1, 1887.

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Unire@ Stains EBEN JOHN BEGGS, OF NNV YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR lVlANUFACTURlNG FININGS .FROM FISH-SOUNDS AND ISINGLASS.

PECIFICATZON formt-.1

Application tiled June l'e,

To @ZZ zii/'wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEN JOHN BEGGS, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for ll/Ianufacturing Finings from Fish-Sounds and Isinglass; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full. clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved device or apparatus for manufacturing f iinings from fish-sounds and isinglass. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the saine. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the sieves with the spindle, with its radiatingbrushes niounted therein in operative position. Figs. 4 and are perspective detail views of the coarse sieve and the fine sieve, respectively. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail View ofthe spindle with its adjustable brushes; and Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional View of the lower portion of the device, the shaft Iand brush being shown in dotted lines.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention consists in a newr and iinproved device or apparatus for manufacturing linings from ish-sonnds and isinglass; and my invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the -several parts by letter, A indicates the hopper of my improved device or apparatus, the side walls, A' A', of which converge somewhat toward their lower ends, the lower end ofthe hopper proper being open, while about onehalf of the distance from its top the hopper is formed with the partitions B B, which eXtend lengthwise of the hopper, with a suitable space, C, between their inner longitudinal edges, through which space the fish-sound or isinglass feeds downin a suitable stream into the sieve below, the partitions B B sloping` down toward their inner longitudinal edges.

D E indicate, respectively, the coarse and fine sieves, each of the said sieves being 87. Serial No. 211,735.

s; part of Letters Patent No. 272,593., dated November l, 1887.

(No model.)

formed with the parallel solid end pieces, F F, having the straight upper and curved or rounded lower edges, and the side pieces, G G, at the upper ends of the said end pieces, the straight upper edge of each of the said end pieces being recessed longitudinally on its inner edge to form the liat longitudinal shoulder F', as sho\vn,the wirecloth H, which forms the curved bottom of each sieve, being tacked or otherwise secured to the said end and side pieces, as shown.

The lower end ofthe hopper A has secured around it, at a little distance above its lower extremity, the ribs or flanges I I, which bear against t'ne upper edges of the end and side pieces of the sieves when the hopper is placed on the sieve, the lower ends of the hopper below these ribs extending down within the inside of the recessed upper ends of the end pieces, F F, resting on the shoulders F' F on the inner side of the said ends of the sieve, while the lower ends of the sides of the hopper below the side ribs or flanges, I, are beveled on their outer sides to tit within the sloping inner sides of the side pieces of the sieve. By this construction a close joint is formed between the lower end of the hopper and the upper end of the sieve, which effectually prevents the escape of anything from the hopper, except through the openings ofthe sieve-cloth. The sieve is secured to the lower end of the hopper by means of hooks .I J on the lower ends of the hopper, which engage with eyes K K on the ends of the sieve, as shown.

One of the sieves is covered with coarse wireclotlnwhile the other is covered with tine wire-cloth, for the purpose hereinafter speciied.

Each of the sieves has formed in the inner side of one of its ends, extending down from the top of the said end through the shoulder F', as shown, a recess, L, which forms a bearing for one end of the removable spindle or shaft which carries the radial brushes, while the other end piece of the sieve is formed with a vertical slot, M, extending down from the top or upper edge of the end piece for a short distance below the top or upper straight edge ofthe shoulder F', as shown, this slot forming a bearing for the other end of the brush shaft or spindle, a metal bushing or bearing-plate,

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vN, being secured in the end slot and the end recess to preventwear as the shaft or spindle revolves. l

O indicates the brush shaft or spindle,which is of the requisite length, and which is formed with the cranked end having a handle, P, at its outer end. Through this shaft Otoward each of its ends, extend the radial arms Q R, which are formed toward their outer ends with the longitudinal slots S, through whichv pass the headed screw-bolts T, which secure the longitudinal brushes to the said radial arms. These longitudinal brushes U have the transverse apertures V formed through them to ward each end, and through these apertures extend the screw-bolts T T, which are first passed through the slots S of the arms Q and R, then through the perforations of the brushes, and have nuts WV screwed on their outer threaded ends; and it will he seen Athat by i forming the radial arms with the longitudinal slots S,through which the headed bolts T T of the longitudinal brushespass, the said longitudinal brushes can be adjusted on thev radial arms in or out from the shaft itself, to bring the outer ends of the bristles of the brush into closer proximity to or farther away from the inner surface of the Wire covering or screen of the sieve, when the brushes are secured firmly in their adjusted position by tightening the nuts W, as will be readily understood.

In operation the spindle or shaft with its longitudinal brushes is placed in position,fi1'st, in the coarser sieve D, by placing the straight end of the brush-shaft in the recess or bearing L in the inner side of one end of the sieve, and then sliding the other end of the brushhandle down in the vertical bearing-slot M, in the rounded bottom of which the said end ofthe shaft rests and revolves. The hopper is then placed and secured on the sieve, fitting tightly thereon, as previously described, and being secured thereon by the hooks J J, engaging with 'the eyes K K, the lower edges of the end pieces ofthe hopper being formed with the centrally-curved recesses A', which may have a metal bushing secured in them to prevent wear; and when the hopper is placed in operative position on the sieve the lower ends of the end pieces of the hopper t down within the ends of the sieve, their lower ends fitting down upon the shoulders F F', formed on the inner side of the upper part of the sieve ends, as before stated, and the recess A fits over the upper sides of the respective ends of the brush shaft or spindle, so thatthe inner sides or surface ofthe ends of the sieve and hopper are perfectly smooth and even, lying inthe same plane, so that the longitudinal brushes U can extend the full length of the sieve, so as to brush the entire space of the sieve-cloth and leave no space on which the softened isinglass and sounds can lodge Without being touched by the brushes. The hopper being thus secured upon the coarser sieve,with the spindle,with its brushes in position within the sieve, the isinglass or fishsounds is placed in the upper part of the hopper and gradually fed down through the space C between the inner lower longitudinal edges of the partition-boards B B into the sieve, where the revolving brushes break up the isinglass or fish-sounds and force it down through the perforations or apertures of the curved sieve-bottom, the sieve and hopper having previously been placed on the top of a barrel or other suitable receptacle, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. When the isinglass or fish-sounds have been broken up and forced lthrough the coarser sieve, the hopper is removed from the sieve, and the shaft with its brushes lifted out and adjusted in position in the finer sieve E, when the hopper can be again secured upon this finer sieve and the broken isinglass or fish-sounds passed through the finer sieve by the revolving brushes. -When the isinglass or fish-sounds have been beaten and softened by the revolving brushes,so as to pass through the two sieves, the inings are ready for use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. It will be seen that my improved device or apparatus is simple and strong in construction, and will therefore not break easily or get out of order; and it is exceedingly effective in its operation. It will be seen that the longitudinal brushes can be adjusted as desired or required, and that the shaft with its adjustable brushes can be readily changed from one sieve to the other. Each of the sieves is of the same general size, so that the hopper fits closely on each of them, the only difference being that the wire-cloth of lthe two sieves is of different degrees of lineness, the apertures or interstices of one sievecloth being much coarser than those of the other. The sieve with the shaft and brushes can of course be used, if desired, without the hopper, although it is much more convenient to employ the hopper, as shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination of a sieve consisting-of end pieces, the lower edges of which are rounded and the upper edges are straightand recessed longitudinallyr upon their inner edges to form shoulders, side pieces the ends of which project. beyond the end pieces, and a wire secured to the lower edges of these end and side pieces, a bearing upon each shoulder, one of the end pieces being provided with a slot at the bearing on the shoulder of that piece, a shaft journaled in said bearings, the end of which projects through the slot and is formed into a crank, brushes upon the shaft, anda hopper consisting of end and side pieces, inclined partitions, and a flange or rib around the lower portion of the hopper, the portion longitudinal IOO IIO

of the hopper below the rib being adapted to my own I have hereunto affixed my signature fm within the top of the sieve, and the lower in presence of two witnesses. edges of the end pieces being provided with bearings and resting upon the shoulders of the EBEN JOHN BEGGS 5 end pieces of the sieve, substantially as and Vitnesses:

for the purpose set forth. FREDK. ANDREWS,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as JOHN T. LEE. 

